Unit 2: Ratios & Proportions
Learning Outcomes #8-14
Learning Outcome #8: I can use ratio language to describe the relationship between two quantities.
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📺 Watch this video on Intro to Ratios
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📺 Watch this video on Ratios as Fractions
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Basic Ratios
Learning Outcome #9: I can identify, understand, and describe a unit rate.
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📺 Watch this video on What is a Unit Rate?
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Find the Unit Rate
Learning Outcome #10: I can create and use ratio tables to solve mathematical and real world problems.
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📘 Read this explanation on Ratio Tables
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Ratio Tables
Learning Outcome #11: I can use proportions to solve mathematical and real world problems.
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📺 Watch this video on How to Solve Rate Problems with Proportions
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Solving Proportions
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Proportion Word Problems
Learning Outcome #12: I can solve problems that include unit rate, including unit pricing, and unit speed.
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📺 Watch this video on Solving Unit Rate Problems
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Practice: Rate Problems
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📺 Watch this video on Comparing Rates Example
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Practice: Comparing Rates
Learning Outcome #13: I can find the part, whole, and percent given two of the three components.
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📺 Watch this video on The Meaning of Percent
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📺 Watch this video on Converting Percents to Decimal and Fraction
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Converting Percents and Fractions
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📺 Watch this video on Converting Decimals to Percents
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Converting Decimals to Percents
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📺 Watch this video on Converting Percents to Decimals
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Converting Percents to Decimals
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Converting Percents and Fractions
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📺 Watch this video on Percent Word Problem: Recycling Cans
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✏ Complete these practice exercises on Percent Word Problems
Learning Outcome #14: I can convert from one unit of measurement to another.
Student Video(s)
You will need to memorize the following conversions and use your knowledge of rates and ratios to convert between units of measurement.
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1 foot = 12 inches
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1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches
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1 kilogram = 1000 grams
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1 liter = 1000 milliliters
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1 meter = 1000 millimeters = 100 centimeters
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1 kilometer = 1000 meters
There are also many conversions that will be provided to you as a 6th grader. These conversions are listed below:
